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While early voting ended Nov. 1 for Tuesday's bond election in the Katy Independent School District, the debate continues on the merits of the three propositions.

On Nov. 5, voters in Katy ISD will consider as part of the $99 million package a $25 million proposition to expand the Gerald D. Young Agricultural Sciences Center on Katy-Hockley Road, a $4.5 million proposition for a science, technology, engineering and math center to be located near the Miller Career and Technology Center at 1734 Katyland Drive, as well as a 14,000-seat, $69.5 stadium to be located north of Rhodes Stadium.

Members of the Katy LiberTea, a local anti-tax group that opposes the bond election, say they are concerned about the district's debt, while the school district says that shouldn't be a worry because it's in good financial shape.

But district spokesman Steve Stanford said, "This district has proven to be responsible for managing debt and is in a financial position to take on more debt."

"We will be able to raise the revenues needed to cover our annual debt burden," he said.

According to school officials, the district's debt is about $1.2 billion which equates to $18,416 per pupil based on an enrollment of 66,942.

Addressing attendees at a recent town hall debate, Kahrhoff said she is "all about the taxes" and that Katy ISD is at the top level of where it needs to be as a district.

"Although, you probably won't see an increase in our tax rate this time around, they are saying we will be getting another bond as early as next year or maybe two years for new schools," Kahrhoff said. "If that happens, I don't see how our tax rate can't go up."

Kahrhoff said when the next bond is passed to build new schools the district will raise the debt service tax rate, which stands at 40 cents per $100 valuation. With a total tax rate of $1.5266, the district's maintenance and operations rate is $1.1266.

According to the Texas Education Agency, Katy ISD is one of about 75 districts of the total 1,024 that has a tax rate higher than $1.50 per $100 of valuation.

Stanford said the district has not contemplated a future tax hike. He also said the district has communicated through various measures with residents, including sending out 88,000 mailers, that the passage of this bond would not require a tax-rate increase.

Jim Mavity, a former tennis coach at Taylor High School, said he did not understand all of the nuances of school bonds nor the scope of large projects being built in Katy ISD.

"As I read the details of our bond election, I was pleased to come across one sentence I do understand, the approval of this bond will not result in an increase in school taxes," said Mavity, who is the namesake of the tennis complex at Taylor.

Speaking at the open forum of Monday's school board meeting, Mavity said to counter the bandit signs posted around town inferring that school taxes would increase, he would like to see opposing signs reflecting the true facts.

Pointing to the district's robust financial position, Stanford said Katy ISD has a high bond rating, taxable revenue growing by more than $1 billion a year and a healthy $48 million fund balance to fall back on.

Stanford said a steady increase in property values has increased revenues without the need to increase taxes for the past seven years.

The debt is directly related to growth, he said, and the district has held bond elections because people are moving to Katy in droves because of the school district.

"Since 1994, the district has grown from 25,500 pupils to more than 66,500 in 2013, adding 20 elementary schools, eight junior highs and four high schools during that time," Stanford said.

During a public hearing of the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas, a state rating system to hold districts accountable for financial practices, Katy ISD chief financial officer Bill Moore said the district received a perfect score and superior rating for the 11th year in a row.

Opponents of the package, who mainly object to the "excessive" size and price tag of the stadium, also complain that there is nothing in the bond to address crowding at several campuses requiring the district to add 330 portable buildings.

Joining in that sentiment is Katy trustee Bill Proctor, who voted for all components of the bond, but later said in a statement to community members that more information is needed before the measure is approved.

"The academic facility needs must be addressed in conjunction with the Student Activities Bond Package," he wrote. Proctor, who said he supports the projects in the bond, said it needed to be reworked and put on a May 2014 ballot.

In 2010, district voters approved a $459.7 million bond that paid for new schools, renovation work at several campuses and other projects.